Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden

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The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden is located in Hanover Square in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City. It commemorates the Commonwealth of Nations member states' victims of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on July 6, 2010, in a ceremony alongside her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, then-Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg, then-Governor of New York David Paterson, and then-Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie.{{cite news|last=Kleinfield|first=N. R.|title=Elizabeth II Pays Her Respects at Ground Zero|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/nyregion/07queen.html|access-date=11 May 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=July 6, 2010}}

History

Originally planned as The British Memorial Garden, it was officially named The British Garden at Hanover Square by Prince Harry on May 29, 2009.{{cite web|title=Design and Development|url=http://www.britishgarden.org/development.html|access-date=11 May 2011|website=The British Garden at Hanover Square|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911062954/http://www.britishgarden.org/development.html|archive-date=11 September 2011}} On May 2, 2012, it was renamed the Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden at a rededication ceremony led by the Dean of Westminster Abbey. This was to include victims of other Commonwealth of Nations member countries who died in the September 11 attacks.{{cite news|last=Palmer|first=Alun|title=Brits' garden of goodbyes|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/09/12/brits-garden-of-goodbyes-115875-23414281/|access-date=12 September 2011|newspaper=Daily Mirror|date=12 September 2011}}{{cite web|date=11 September 2011|title=Prime Minister Stephen Harper speech at British Garden, New York, Sept. 11|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/9-11-anniversary/Prime+Minister+Stephen+Harper+speech+British+Garden+York+Sept/5385474/story.html|work=montrealgazette.com|publisher=Montreal Gazette|access-date=12 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803050419/https://montrealgazette.com/news/9-11-anniversary/Prime+Minister+Stephen+Harper+speech+British+Garden+York+Sept/5385474/story.html|archive-date=August 3, 2017}}

Design

The original idea for the garden came from Isabel and Julian Bannerman.{{cite web|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/british-garden-at-hanover-square/highlights/19681|title=The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden|publisher=NY City Parks|access-date=February 25, 2020}} Lynden Miller and Ronda M. Brands, both garden designers, later helped choose and plan the layout of plants and shrubs for the space.

References

External links

{{official website|http://queenelizabethgarden.org/}}
[http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/british-garden-at-hanover-square British Memorial Garden — Hanover Square] at New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120513082734/http://www.westminster-abbey.org/press/news/news/2012/may/dean-of-westminster-dedicates-queen-ii-garden-in-new-york Westminster Abbey press release]

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September 11th Garden

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